The article is authored by the Manning Centre's Director of Strategic Communications, who describes himself as "a conservative refugee from 16 years of NDP government in Manitoba." Colin Craig also connects the "darkly satirical photo" of an actual refugee camp to the "economic carnage" he imagines is already underway nine days after the Alberta election.

"The barbarians have breached the gates and are now in a position to throw socialist wrenches into the gears of Canada’s economic engine. Albertans can't afford two terms with the NDP while squabbles continue at the grassroots level. For that matter, Canada can't afford it either."

Want proof? "The day after the NDP swept to power in Alberta the TSX dropped by over 150 points" and "investment guru Kevin O’Leary compared the NDP's victory to a 'horror movie unfolding," writes Craig.

The image used by Craig can be traced back to the Jesuit Refugee Service, an America-based organization that provides health, education and emergency services for refugees and advocates for the rights of forcibly displaced people around the globe. It depicts the Melkadida refugee camp in southeastern Ethiopia.

According to the Manning Foundation's latest filings (2013), it spent 0% of its budget on "political activities" (the charity's "charitable program" expenses also totaled 0%). Here is what CRA's own chart looks like: